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List of most-visited palaces and monuments

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Forbidden City, Beijing, China. The most visited monument in the world.
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Vatican City.
Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., U.S.
Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

This is a list of the most visited national monuments, including palaces, historical monuments and historic sites. Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.

List

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National monuments by visitors per year
Name Country flag, city Visitors per year Year reported
The Forbidden City China Beijing 17,000,000+ 2018[1]
St. Peter's Basilica-Apostolic Palace Vatican City Vatican City 11,000,000 2018[2][3]
Palace of Versailles France Versailles 8,100,000 2018[4]
Lincoln Memorial United States Washington, D.C. 7,804,683 2018[5]
Forum Romanum-Colosseum-Palatine Hill Circuit Italy Rome 7,650,519 2018[6]
Acropolis of Athens-Parthenon Greece Athens 7,200,000 2016[7]
Eiffel Tower France Paris 7,000,000 2017[8]
Taj Mahal India Agra 6,532,366 2019 [9]
Hagia Sophia Turkey Istanbul 6,250,000 2024[10]
Cologne Cathedral Germany Cologne 6,000,000 2018[11]
Peterhof Palace Russia Saint Petersburg 5,245,900 2016[12]
Statue of Unity India Kevadiya 5,000,000+ 2023[13]
Łazienki Palace Poland Warsaw 4,966,858 2019[14]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial United States Washington, D.C. 4,719,148 2018[5]
World War II Memorial United States Washington, D.C. 4,652,865 2018[15]
Independence National Historical Park United States Philadelphia 4,576,436 2018[5]
Sagrada Família Spain Barcelona 4,500,000 2018 [16]
Statue of Liberty National Monument United States New York City 4,335,431 2018[5]
Teotihuacán Mexico Teotihuacán 4,070,000 2018[17]
Mysore Palace India Mysore 3,861,162 2019[18]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve Russia Saint Petersburg 3,694,000 2016[12]
Pompeii Italy Pompei, Naples 3,646,585 2018 [19]
Topkapı Palace Turkey Istanbul 3,474,760 2023[20]
Wilanów Palace Poland Warsaw 3,115,797 2019[21]
Royal Castle Poland Warsaw 2,036,642 2024[22]
Schönbrunn Palace Austria Vienna 3,050,000 2017[23]
Kazan Kremlin Russia Kazan 2,893,300 2016[12]
Tower of London United Kingdom London 2,858,336 2018[24]
Alhambra Spain Granada 2,760,000 2018[25]
Chichén Itzá Mexico Yucatán 2,740,000 2018[26]
Chapultepec Castle Mexico Mexico City 2,661,615 2018[27]
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Spain Valencia 2,637,567 2018[28]
Moscow Kremlin Russia Moscow 2,478,622 2016[29]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-Reserve Russia Volgograd 2,359,300 2016[12]
Tulum Mexico Quintana Roo 2,190,000 2018[30]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Poland Oświęcim 2,053,000 2016[31]
Edinburgh Castle United Kingdom Edinburgh 2,111,578 2018[32]
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba Spain Córdoba 1,953,133 2018[33]
Royal Alcázar of Seville Spain Seville 1,875,744 2018[34]
Wawel Castle Poland Kraków 1,587,999 2019[21]
Arc de Triomphe France Paris 1,583,260 2017
Royal Palace of Madrid Spain Madrid 1,552,481 2018[35]
Dolmabahçe Palace Turkey Istanbul 1,500,000 2022[36]
Neuschwanstein Castle Germany Schwangau 1,500,000 2017[37]
Machu Picchu Peru Cusco 1,411,276 2017[38]
Castillo San Felipe del Morro (San Juan National Historic Site) Puerto Rico San Juan 1,400,000 2016[39]

See also

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Notes

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^ii Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.[40]

References

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  40. ^ "Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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